ICD-11 classes
12 Diseases of the respiratory system
Developmental respiratory diseases
LA72 — Laryngotracheooesophageal cleft
ICD-11 LA72 — Laryngotracheooesophageal cleft
A laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal cleft (LC) is a congenital malformation characterised by an abnormal, posterior, sagittal communication between the larynx and the pharynx, possibly extending downward between the trachea and the oesophagus. Five types of laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal cleft have been described based on the downward extension of the cleft, which typically correlates with the severity of symptoms: Type 0 laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal cleft to Type 4 laryngo-tracheo-oesophageal cleft (see these terms).
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Atresia of oesophagus #13586
- Atresia of oesophagus #15185
- Structural developmental anomalies of the respiratory system #22468
- Atresia of oesophagus #22768